Report: Oral Sex Causes More Oral Cancer Than Cigarettes

Oral Sex Causes More Oral Cancer Than Cigarettes

via Blisstree » LIVE by Briana Rognlin on 3/14/11

According to new research, oral sex causes more oral cancer than cigarettes in the U.S. $#*%! And we thought sex was supposed to be good for you…

Apparently, oral cancer has become rampant, particularly among white men, with cases increasing 225% between 1974 and 2007 (According to the Oral Cancer Foundation, diagnoses are up to 37,000 people per year). Maura Gillison, an Ohio State University researcher, blames the human papilloma virus (HPV), which she says accounts for as much as 64% of throat cancer cases and beating out tobacco use as the leading cause of oral and throat cancers. She also notes that the more oral sex partners someone has, the greater his cancer risk.

There are over 100 strains of HPV, about 40 of which can be sexually transmitted; while many assume that oral sex is safe, it easily transmits HPV and other STDs.

In more uplifting news: Women’s Health says that semen can make your teeth healthy. That’s worth something, right?

via CNN

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Vivian Maier’s Photography

Class in Vivian Maier’s Street Photography

via Sociological Images by Lisa Wade on 3/14/11

The blog-o-sphere is abuzz with praise for Vivian Maier’s mid-century photographs of public New York and Chicago life.   The photos were taken by a live-in nanny working for wealthy families in Chicago’s north shore.  Her photos, over 100,000 of them, were discovered after her death two years ago.  To my untrained eye, they are gorgeous, interesting, and well-composed.  A fascinating look at another time.  More sociologically, they gracefully depict differences in socioeconomic class. I wonder if Maier, working-class herself, had a special sensitivity to these divides. In any case, I appreciate the texture that the photographs add to an understanding of how people of different classes lived.

Three examples and 14 more after the jump:

More:

A self-portrait:

Visit the website devoted to Maier here.  Photos borrowed from there and Chicago Magazine.  Via Crooked Timber.

(View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages)

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A 'WTF' comment of the week

The WTF comment of the week

via The New Black Woman by newblackwoman@gmail.com (The New Black Woman) on 3/13/11

Shout out to CNBC's Larry Kudlow for forcing everyone to scratch their heads in trying to understand what you meant, when referring to Japan's earthquake and tsunami and how its stock market responded, by declaring "the human toll looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that."

Did anyone notice the confused and embarrassed looks on the two female correspondents' faces when he made these comments?

Anyway, I'm sure many folks will find Kudlow's seemingly callous and abhorrent remarks typical of a pro-capitalism media personality who makes his livelihood on analyzing the economy. I just hope this economy pundit has the brains to understand that mass human suffering and death never fairs well for any economy.

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Tax Breaks for the Rich Versus Budget Cuts

Must See Chart: Tax Breaks for the Rich Versus Budget Cuts

via GOOD by Liz Dwyer on 3/11/11

Need a stark breakdown of just why it is that attacks on public employees in Wisconsin and beyond are striking such a nerve? Take a look at this chart from the Center for American Progress comparing tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy to budget cuts to 10 social safety net programs. 

Combine this visual depiction of our supposed "shared sacrifices" and "painful cuts" with the extremes of wealth and poverty our culture editor, Cord, shared yesterday—how the 400 wealthiest Americans are now richer than the bottom 50 percent of citizens—and it's not hard to understand why people are protesting.

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Slawek Gruca

Conceptual Illustrations by Slawek Gruca

via Design You Trust by jusone on 3/10/11

Very talented artist artist from Poland.


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Below is the link for an "introduction to African American tourism in Pittsburgh was produced by TGB Productions, LLC through a grant from the Multicultural Arts Initiative (MCAI)."   

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/essentials/history/african-american-history-tour/

The goal of this marketing project is to inform visitors about African American cultural and historical sites that are central to downtown Pittsburgh. My hope is that more people seek out a multicultural experience while learning about Pittsburgh's proud heritage.

Thanks you all for your support.

Toni Garner Brown, M/W/DBE

724.212.3576  office

412.657.9481 mobile

tgbproductions@mac.com

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10 Forms of Twisted Thinking

10 Forms of Twisted Thinking

via World of Psychology by Therese J. Borchard on 2/26/11

Both David Burns (bestselling author of Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy and Abraham Low (founder of Recovery, Inc.) teach techniques to analyze negative thoughts (or identify distorted thinking — what psychologists call “cognitive distortions”) so to be able to disarm and defeat them.

Since Low’s language is a bit out-dated, I list below Burns’ “Ten Forms of Twisted Thinking,” (adapted from his “Feeling Good” book, a classic read) categories of dangerous ruminations, that when identified and brought into your consciousness, lose their power over you.

1. All-or-nothing thinking (a.k.a. my brain and the Vatican’s): You look at things in absolute, black-and-white categories.

2. Overgeneralization (also a favorite): You view a negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.

3. Mental filter: You dwell on the negatives and ignore the positives.

4. Discounting the positives: You insist that your accomplishments or positive qualities don’t count (my college diploma was stroke of luck…really, it was).

5. Jumping to conclusions (loves alcoholic families): You conclude things are bad without any definite evidence. These include mind-reading (assuming that people are reacting negatively to you) and fortune-telling (predicting that things will turn out badly).

6. Magnification or minimization: You blow things way out of proportion or you shrink their importance.

7. Emotional reasoning: You reason from how you feel: “I feel like an idiot, so I must be one.”

8. “Should” statements (every other word for me): You criticize yourself or other people with “shoulds,” “shouldn’ts,” “musts,” “oughts,” and “have-tos.”

9. Labeling: Instead of saying, “I made a mistake,” you tell yourself, “I’m a jerk” or “I’m a loser.”

10. Blame: You blame yourself for something you weren’t entirely responsible for, or you blame other people and overlook ways that you contributed to a problem.

You can learn more about the 15 common cognitive distortions (e.g., the most common forms of twisted thinking with more in-depth explanations and examples), as well as how you can fix cognitive distortions once you’ve identified them.

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Life's Too Short...

Life's Too Short for the Wrong Job

via little chief honeybee. by kaelah beauregarde on 2/28/11

I remember seeing this brilliant ad campaign a few years ago, but I only recently stumbled upon a full collection of pictures. This is hands down one of the most well planned and executed campaigns that I've ever seen. While the Sherwin Williams paint-swatch campaign will always have a place in my heart, I'm tempted to say few things have beat this one out. The campaign is for the German job site, Jobsintown.de. If I'm not mistaken these ads go all the way back to early 2006, or even before! The point of the ads is pretty transparent, but that's what makes the impact so powerful. I am in awe. Brilliant use of design!

They're even borderline creepy! It's as though you just expect them to start moving!

What are your thoughts? What are some of your favorite or most memorable ad campaigns?

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